Sharon Waxman, is the founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of TheWrap. She is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, and was a Hollywood correspondent for The New York Times. Twitter: @sharonwaxman
Experience:
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Tom ‘Billy Jack’ Laughlin Remembered: Iconoclast and Movie Industry Pioneer
The moviemaker was the first to four-wall a theater, and use national advertising – “Jaws” was the beneficiary
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‘Captain Phillips’ Director Paul Greengrass Explains Why the Closing Scene With Tom Hanks Was So Authentic
Greengrass, Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi spoke with TheWrap about the challenging shoot
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Harvey Weinstein Opens Up About ‘Mandela’ Plans in Wake of Leader’s Loss (Exclusive)
There are lots of times when Harvey Weinstein can be accused of leveraging events to help his movies win Oscars. Nelson Mandela’s death isn’t one of them.
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‘Fast & Furious 7’ Producers Considering Scrapping Production, Starting Over in Wake of Paul Walker’s Death (Exclusive)
Because the studio is insured, the cost of scrapping the production is not a central factor, an insider tells TheWrap
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Maria Bello Reveals Lesbian Relationship, Embraces Her Post-Modern Family
The actress makes an appeal beyond sexual categories
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Paul Walker Death: ‘Fast and Furious 7’ Shooting Cancelled, Production Delayed as Universal Determines Next Steps
Monday’s shoot in Atlanta was called off after producers and studio executives consulted on how to deal with Paul Walker’s death
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‘Fast and Furious’ Star Paul Walker Dead in Car Crash
The 40-year-old star’s Facebook account says he was a passenger in a friend’s car at a Santa Clarita charity event
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Peter Kaplan, Editor of New York Observer, Dead at 59
The sharp eyed editor found and grew talent at the pink paper, including Candace Bushnell and that sex column
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Imagine’s Michael Rosenberg Promoted to Co-Chairman With Brian Grazer, Ron Howard (Exclusive)
Rosenberg gets promotion after two decades at the company
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President Obama Embraces Hollywood in Public – Finally
It’s taken years for the president to publicly return the love Hollywood has bestowed
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When Nikki Finke Leaves Deadline … Whose Brand Is Stronger? A Quick Study
A study of media consumption suggests Deadline will have a tough time without her
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Fox Orders 13 Episodes of Seth MacFarlane’s ‘Bordertown’
New series from executive producers of “Family Guy” Mark Hentemann and MacFarlane
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Alex Gibney on Lance Armstrong Lying to Him: I Had to Investigate Myself (Video)
“I began to look for signs, for the tells, like when he is telling me something close to the truth and when he is lying”
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‘Pulp Fiction,’ ‘Django’ Producers Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher Splitting After 22 Years
The producing pair will continue to make television together
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Marianne Williamson, Spiritual Guru, Runs for Congress to ‘Represent Your Consciousness’ (Exclusive)
The best-selling author is going after Henry Waxman’s seat to fight against the scourge of money in politics, she tells TheWrap
